Varanasi/ Lucknow,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mocked Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for the rape charges that his minister Gayatri Prajapati faces, as he accused the state government for not having him arrested despite Supreme Court’s orders. “While people recite Gayatri Mantra before starting anything auspicious the Samajwadi -CongressRead More

New Delhi/Srinagar: A police constable was killed fighting militants in Tral, the hometown of slain militant commander Burhan Wani, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, PTI reported early on Sunday. A fierce gunbattle had broken out between militants and security forces in the area on Saturday evening when forces laid aRead More

Rajkot, Fake currency notes amounting to Rs 3.92 crore have been seized from a car belonging to a city-based financier lodged in jail, police said on Saturday. The currency notes were suspected to be printed by Ketan Dave, a city-based financier, who is currently in judicial custody on charges ofRead More

Thiruvananthapuram: A fresh autopsy was conducted on the body of soldier Roy Mathew, who was seen in a sting operation criticising ‘Sahayak'(Orderly) system, on Saturday after family suspected foul play. Mathew, 33, was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in an abandoned barrack in Deolali cantonment in Nasik,Read More

New Delhi: Unoion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the new indirect tax regime, was on track and July 1 was going to be its likely date of implementation. “It (GST) looks on track. Subject to Parliament approval, it looks like theRead More

Mirzapur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said BJP’s rivals SP, BSP and Congress will get “electric shocks” when the results of UP assembly elections are announced. Modi’s sharp riposte came in response to a remark by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who had asked him to touch an electric wireRead More

New Delhi: People will have to wait for one more day to know the outcome of exit polls as the Election Commission on Friday postponed their telecast to March 9 evening after elections to one seat each in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are over. The last phase of polling inRead More

New Delhi: Keeping up the heat, the income tax department will issue statutory notices to all those who have failed to respond to its SMS and e-mail queries seeking explanation on bank deposits made after demonetisation. Notice under Section 133(6) of the Income Tax Act will be issued to anyRead More

Lucknow: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “electric shock” jibe, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said he had not asked him to touch a wire and would never say anything like that. “I had not asked the Prime Minister to touch the wire ..I had asked theRead More

Delhi: The ongoing pro-quota Jat stir entered the 34th day on Friday in Haryana, even as AIJASS chief said the protesters “will move towards Delhi on tractor trolleys” and convert it into “Jat land” on March 20. We will move towards Delhi on tractor trolleys and convert the national capitalRead More